Where Was The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Set? Real WWII Locations

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Guy Ritchie's action-comedy based on the true story of the Special Operations Executive and their most daring missions, including the 1942 raid on Spanish Guinea that stole German and Italian vessels from neutral harbours. Based on Ben Macintyre's book.

CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Equatorial Guinea, United Kingdom.

Locations (2)

Baker Street SOE HQ, London

SOE headquarters plans Operation Postmaster — a deniable mission to seize a German vessel from a neutral Spanish harbour in West Africa.

The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was founded in July 1940 on Churchill's order to 'set Europe ablaze.' Its headquarters at 64 Baker Street coordinated agents across occupied Europe and beyond. Operation Postmast...

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Santa Isabel, Fernando Poo (now Malabo, Bioko)

January 15 1942 — a small SAS team seizes the Italian cargo ship Duchessa d'Aosta from this neutral Spanish harbour in an officially deniable raid.

Operation Postmaster was led by Major Gus March-Phillipps and the Small Scale Raiding Force. The Duchessa d'Aosta was carrying supplies used by German U-boats targeting Atlantic convoys. Spain protested the violation ...

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare — Where the Story Was Set